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Philippians 2:21

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

KJV

οἱ πάντες γὰρ τὰ ἑαυτῶν ζητοῦσιν, οὐ τὰ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ.

Greek NT

Omnes enim quæ sua sunt quærunt, non quæ sunt Jesu Christi.

Vulgate

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

ASV

For all seek the things that are their own not the things that are Jesus Christ's.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
Ἰησοῦς
iesous
noun · 908×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ | Treg/NIV: Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ | WH/RP: Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ
  • Ἰησοῦ ΧριστοῦSBLGNT
  • Ἰησοῦ ΧριστοῦTregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Χριστοῦ ἸησοῦWestcott-Hort, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. A great matter, beloved, a great matter it is to preside over a Church: a matter needing wisdom and courage as great as that of which Christ speaks, that a man should lay down his life for the sheep, and never leave them deserted or naked; that he should stand against the wolf nobly. For in this the shepherd differs from the hireling; the one always looks to his own safety, …
Chapter 9.—What the Reign of the Saints with Christ for a Thousand Years Is, and How It Differs from the Eternal Kingdom. But while the devil is bound, the saints reign with Christ during the same thousand years, understood in the same way, that is, of the time of His first coming.13541354 Between His first and second coming. For, leaving out of account that kingdom concerning …

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:24 — Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
  • 1Cor 10:24 — Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
  • 1Cor 10:33 — Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
  • 1Cor 13:5 — Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
  • 1Cor 13:5 — Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
  • 2Cor 1:5 — For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
  • 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
  • 2Tim 1:15 — This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
  • 2Tim 3:2 — For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
  • 2Tim 3:2 — For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
  • 2Tim 4:10 — For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
  • 2Tim 4:10 — For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
  • 2Tim 4:16 — At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
  • Exod 36:5 — And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.
  • Hag 1:4 — Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
  • Hos 10:1 — Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
  • Isa 56:11 — Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
  • John 6:26 — Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
  • Judg 8:6 — And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
  • Luke 10:2 — Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
  • Luke 14:26 — If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
  • Matt 16:24 — Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
  • Phil 1:20 — According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or
  • Phil 1:21 — For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
  • Phil 2:4 — Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
  • Phil 3:19 — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
  • Rom 16:18 — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.